The Australian Needle and Syringe Program Has Been Saving Lives for 40 Years
The 40th anniversary of the New South Wales needle and syringe program was marked by an event at NSW parliament on 12 November 2026, which saw key figures recalling the staging of the first NSP, which was an illegal setup...
NSW Premier, Police Minister and Police Commissioner Subpoenaed to Appear at Anti-Herzog Trial
A moment of exaltation spread across New South Wales on Wednesday, 11 November 2026, when news spread that NSW premier Chris Minns and NSW police minister Yasmin Catley have been served subpoenas requiring them to testify at the trial of...
Labor MP Stephen Lawrence Demands That Police Brutality Hearings Be Open to the Public
The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission’s investigation into the New South Wales police use of excessive force upon protesters at the 9 February 2026 demonstration against the official visit of Israeli president Isaac Herzog was again raised in NSW parliament this...
The NSW Offence of Intentionally Recording an Intimate Image Without Consent
A 61-year old teacher at a Christian school in the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga was arrested last week over allegations of filming school students on the grounds of his place of employment, before being charged with five counts of intentionally...
UN Expert Denied Entry to Queensland and NT Child Prisons, in True Australian Form
United Nations special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous peoples Dr Albert K Barume has just been refused entry into two Australian child prisons. The UN expert has been denied entry to the Cleveland youth facility located on Bindal and...
Nations Call on Citizens to Stockpile for War, Cyberattacks and Extreme Weather
At least thirteen nations across the planet have recently issued directives to their publics, calling on households to stockpile goods in preparedness for emergencies or disasters that involve the collapse of supply chains or critical infrastructure. And such nations include...
AI CCTV Scanning Proposed for Sydney City, While Drone Policing Is Being Rolled Out in Perth
After decades of warnings from civil liberties experts, technology has reached a point where a deluge of methods to surveil the public are being developed, deployed and honed. With the question relating to the most recently announced surveillance regimes -...
Defence Creates Federal Militarised Zones to Supersede State and Territory Laws
The Department of Defence introduced a bill last week that reforms defence legislation to accelerate the capability development needed to progress the 2026 National Defence Strategy (NDS). The bill establishes two key reforms that would end the need to seek...
UN Condemns US Terror War on Cartels and Calls for Drug Legalisation
Prominent United Nations special rapporteur Ben Saul has submitted a report to the UN General Assembly, in which he decries the recent shift in certain member states - think Trump’s America - classifying drug cartels as terrorists, when they should...
Antisemitism Envoy Continues to Overhaul Australian Institutions to Provide Cover for Israel
ASECA Priorities is the latest report from this nation’s most powerful unelected official, Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism (ASECA) Jillian Segal. And her priorities involve all Australian governments, institutions and organisations adopting the IHRA working definition of antisemitism, which...